[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0016595]: SayUnixTime plays nothing if say.conf mode=new and a format is specified

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16595 
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Reported By:                thedavidfactor
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   16595
Category:                   Applications/app_sayunixtime
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     acknowledged
Asterisk Version:           SVN 
JIRA:                       SWP-719 
Regression:                 No 
Reviewboard Link:            
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  trunk 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2010-01-13 11:29 CST
Last Modified:              2010-08-20 19:01 CDT
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Summary:                    SayUnixTime plays nothing if say.conf mode=new and a
format is specified
Description: 
There is no error generated, SayUnixTime simply does nothing. Any format
can be specified, I have even duplicated the default format with the same
result. I tried to debug it, but this seems be beyond my limited C
abilities to debug.
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 (0126208) slimey (reporter) - 2010-08-20 19:01
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16595#c126208 
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I've just stumbled across this same issue whilst trying to get SayUnixTime
working correctly under 1.6.2.11

This isn't so much a code issue as a configuration issue in say.conf

If you pass in a format string to SayUnixTime, it passes this as the
middle 'parameter' when looking up the rules in say.conf (e.g. in your
example it'll look up datetime:abd:201008210057.xxxxx)

There's a rule in say.conf for "datetime::." (i.e. with no format
specified):

    _datetime::. => date:ABdY 'digits/at' IMp:${SAY}

Assuming the parser allows it, a rule will need to be written along the
line of (yes, I know this won't work):

    _datetime:.:. => date:${FORMAT}:${SAY} 

Issue History 
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2010-08-20 19:01 slimey         Note Added: 0126208                          
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